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Alaska’s winters are something else.

So cold that on a quiet night, that when you take a hot cup of coffee and throw it in the air. You’ll hear a weak crack sound and the coffee turns instantly to snow before drifting to the ground. (-40F)

So cold that the snow covered roads are no longer slippery.(-20F) (Its like driving on something similar to hard compacted dirt – watch out for where a car has been idling though, like at the stoplights).

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Alaska’s winters are something else.

So cold that on a quiet night, that when you take a hot cup of coffee and throw it in the air. You’ll hear a weak crack sound and the coffee turns instantly to snow before drifting to the ground. (-40F)

So cold that the snow covered roads are no longer slippery.(-20F) (Its like driving on something similar to hard compacted dirt – watch out for where a car has been idling though, like at the stoplights).

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Alaska’s winters are something else.

So cold that on a quiet night, that when you take a hot cup of coffee and throw it in the air. You’ll hear a weak crack sound and the coffee turns instantly to snow before drifting to the ground. (-40F)

So cold that the snow covered roads are no longer slippery.(-20F) (Its like driving on something similar to hard compacted dirt – watch out for where a car has been idling though, like at the stoplights).

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[quote Oxford]’ve known these cats since she bought them about a year ago (helped pick them out) and had sorta accepted their lame, skiddish behavior, but now it is getting to me. They lurk in the hall until you walk toward them and then they friggin bolt for under the bed like I am a feline ax murderer (hmm, there’s a thought).[/quote]
Use a laser pointer as a cat-toy tool. If they bolt under the bed, have the dot from the laser pointer move about the bottom edge of the bed. They may start associating you with the red dot that is chase-able.

Don’t try to chase them down to pet them. Use the laser pointer dot to get them closer to you. Get them chasing the dot at a distance to you and once chasing, have the dot sometimes approach you.

It does sound like the cats don’t have much human contact even with your GF. The end result being that they are quasi-feral.

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[quote Oxford]’ve known these cats since she bought them about a year ago (helped pick them out) and had sorta accepted their lame, skiddish behavior, but now it is getting to me. They lurk in the hall until you walk toward them and then they friggin bolt for under the bed like I am a feline ax murderer (hmm, there’s a thought).[/quote]
Use a laser pointer as a cat-toy tool. If they bolt under the bed, have the dot from the laser pointer move about the bottom edge of the bed. They may start associating you with the red dot that is chase-able.

Don’t try to chase them down to pet them. Use the laser pointer dot to get them closer to you. Get them chasing the dot at a distance to you and once chasing, have the dot sometimes approach you.

It does sound like the cats don’t have much human contact even with your GF. The end result being that they are quasi-feral.

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[quote Oxford]’ve known these cats since she bought them about a year ago (helped pick them out) and had sorta accepted their lame, skiddish behavior, but now it is getting to me. They lurk in the hall until you walk toward them and then they friggin bolt for under the bed like I am a feline ax murderer (hmm, there’s a thought).[/quote]
Use a laser pointer as a cat-toy tool. If they bolt under the bed, have the dot from the laser pointer move about the bottom edge of the bed. They may start associating you with the red dot that is chase-able.

Don’t try to chase them down to pet them. Use the laser pointer dot to get them closer to you. Get them chasing the dot at a distance to you and once chasing, have the dot sometimes approach you.

It does sound like the cats don’t have much human contact even with your GF. The end result being that they are quasi-feral.

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[quote Oxford]’ve known these cats since she bought them about a year ago (helped pick them out) and had sorta accepted their lame, skiddish behavior, but now it is getting to me. They lurk in the hall until you walk toward them and then they friggin bolt for under the bed like I am a feline ax murderer (hmm, there’s a thought).[/quote]
Use a laser pointer as a cat-toy tool. If they bolt under the bed, have the dot from the laser pointer move about the bottom edge of the bed. They may start associating you with the red dot that is chase-able.

Don’t try to chase them down to pet them. Use the laser pointer dot to get them closer to you. Get them chasing the dot at a distance to you and once chasing, have the dot sometimes approach you.

It does sound like the cats don’t have much human contact even with your GF. The end result being that they are quasi-feral.

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[quote Oxford]’ve known these cats since she bought them about a year ago (helped pick them out) and had sorta accepted their lame, skiddish behavior, but now it is getting to me. They lurk in the hall until you walk toward them and then they friggin bolt for under the bed like I am a feline ax murderer (hmm, there’s a thought).[/quote]
Use a laser pointer as a cat-toy tool. If they bolt under the bed, have the dot from the laser pointer move about the bottom edge of the bed. They may start associating you with the red dot that is chase-able.

Don’t try to chase them down to pet them. Use the laser pointer dot to get them closer to you. Get them chasing the dot at a distance to you and once chasing, have the dot sometimes approach you.

It does sound like the cats don’t have much human contact even with your GF. The end result being that they are quasi-feral.

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[quote sdrealtor]If I’m a cop, I’m not happy looking at those numbers. I just went through the SD numbers and the only thing rarer than a police office making more than $100K was a firefighter making less than $100K.[/quote]
I think it is the OT that the Fire Fighters clock up. The three dollar columns are, from left to right; Min $, Max $, Actual $. I suspect the Min$ and Max$ are calculated based upon normal 40 hour work week.

Likewise, for some of the lifeguards, I see a min=$33,758 max=$40,560 Actual $10,120.

What struck me is not the $ pay on some of these, but the layers of management. Like 9 deputy directors for Metropolitan Waste Water Department. This does not include the 21 Associate Management Analysts also working for the Metropolitan Waste Water Department. What is also a bit unusual is that the top salary of an “Associate Management Analyst” is close to that of an “Information Systems Analyst II”.

There are also 16 “Water Utility Supervisors” for 33 “Water Utility Workers” for the “Metropolitan Waste Water Department”

There are 12 “Word Processing Operator”s also for the Metropolitan Waste Water Department. I thought the old “steno-pools” were gone as part of MSFT Windows and MS Office products being pretty ubiquitous.

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[quote sdrealtor]If I’m a cop, I’m not happy looking at those numbers. I just went through the SD numbers and the only thing rarer than a police office making more than $100K was a firefighter making less than $100K.[/quote]
I think it is the OT that the Fire Fighters clock up. The three dollar columns are, from left to right; Min $, Max $, Actual $. I suspect the Min$ and Max$ are calculated based upon normal 40 hour work week.

Likewise, for some of the lifeguards, I see a min=$33,758 max=$40,560 Actual $10,120.

What struck me is not the $ pay on some of these, but the layers of management. Like 9 deputy directors for Metropolitan Waste Water Department. This does not include the 21 Associate Management Analysts also working for the Metropolitan Waste Water Department. What is also a bit unusual is that the top salary of an “Associate Management Analyst” is close to that of an “Information Systems Analyst II”.

There are also 16 “Water Utility Supervisors” for 33 “Water Utility Workers” for the “Metropolitan Waste Water Department”

There are 12 “Word Processing Operator”s also for the Metropolitan Waste Water Department. I thought the old “steno-pools” were gone as part of MSFT Windows and MS Office products being pretty ubiquitous.

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[quote sdrealtor]If I’m a cop, I’m not happy looking at those numbers. I just went through the SD numbers and the only thing rarer than a police office making more than $100K was a firefighter making less than $100K.[/quote]
I think it is the OT that the Fire Fighters clock up. The three dollar columns are, from left to right; Min $, Max $, Actual $. I suspect the Min$ and Max$ are calculated based upon normal 40 hour work week.

Likewise, for some of the lifeguards, I see a min=$33,758 max=$40,560 Actual $10,120.

What struck me is not the $ pay on some of these, but the layers of management. Like 9 deputy directors for Metropolitan Waste Water Department. This does not include the 21 Associate Management Analysts also working for the Metropolitan Waste Water Department. What is also a bit unusual is that the top salary of an “Associate Management Analyst” is close to that of an “Information Systems Analyst II”.

There are also 16 “Water Utility Supervisors” for 33 “Water Utility Workers” for the “Metropolitan Waste Water Department”

There are 12 “Word Processing Operator”s also for the Metropolitan Waste Water Department. I thought the old “steno-pools” were gone as part of MSFT Windows and MS Office products being pretty ubiquitous.

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[quote sdrealtor]If I’m a cop, I’m not happy looking at those numbers. I just went through the SD numbers and the only thing rarer than a police office making more than $100K was a firefighter making less than $100K.[/quote]
I think it is the OT that the Fire Fighters clock up. The three dollar columns are, from left to right; Min $, Max $, Actual $. I suspect the Min$ and Max$ are calculated based upon normal 40 hour work week.

Likewise, for some of the lifeguards, I see a min=$33,758 max=$40,560 Actual $10,120.

What struck me is not the $ pay on some of these, but the layers of management. Like 9 deputy directors for Metropolitan Waste Water Department. This does not include the 21 Associate Management Analysts also working for the Metropolitan Waste Water Department. What is also a bit unusual is that the top salary of an “Associate Management Analyst” is close to that of an “Information Systems Analyst II”.

There are also 16 “Water Utility Supervisors” for 33 “Water Utility Workers” for the “Metropolitan Waste Water Department”

There are 12 “Word Processing Operator”s also for the Metropolitan Waste Water Department. I thought the old “steno-pools” were gone as part of MSFT Windows and MS Office products being pretty ubiquitous.

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[quote sdrealtor]If I’m a cop, I’m not happy looking at those numbers. I just went through the SD numbers and the only thing rarer than a police office making more than $100K was a firefighter making less than $100K.[/quote]
I think it is the OT that the Fire Fighters clock up. The three dollar columns are, from left to right; Min $, Max $, Actual $. I suspect the Min$ and Max$ are calculated based upon normal 40 hour work week.

Likewise, for some of the lifeguards, I see a min=$33,758 max=$40,560 Actual $10,120.

What struck me is not the $ pay on some of these, but the layers of management. Like 9 deputy directors for Metropolitan Waste Water Department. This does not include the 21 Associate Management Analysts also working for the Metropolitan Waste Water Department. What is also a bit unusual is that the top salary of an “Associate Management Analyst” is close to that of an “Information Systems Analyst II”.

There are also 16 “Water Utility Supervisors” for 33 “Water Utility Workers” for the “Metropolitan Waste Water Department”

There are 12 “Word Processing Operator”s also for the Metropolitan Waste Water Department. I thought the old “steno-pools” were gone as part of MSFT Windows and MS Office products being pretty ubiquitous.

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The article is half right in its comments. The following is wrong:

But the “glass is half empty” crowd see something much more ominous in this sale. There were not sufficient buyers to push up the demand so that yield is virtually nothing.

What really happens is that if not that many buyers to push up the demand, the yield goes up not down. That is because the issue ends up being discounted until it is sold. Higher yields would attract more buyers.

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The article is half right in its comments. The following is wrong:

But the “glass is half empty” crowd see something much more ominous in this sale. There were not sufficient buyers to push up the demand so that yield is virtually nothing.

What really happens is that if not that many buyers to push up the demand, the yield goes up not down. That is because the issue ends up being discounted until it is sold. Higher yields would attract more buyers.

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